NEWSFETCH – February 4, 2011

• Foster’s to wither on the vines
• Days of cheap Aussie wine look set to end
• China to be Top Luxury Buyer by 2020
• Heart surgery? Have your beer and wine ready
• CSPI: 40 years of Neo-Prohibitionism and Nannyhood
• Casella adds beer to wine export mix
• Lungren joins Congressional Wine Caucus
• Calif. cap-trade plan, Air Resources Board dealt blow by S.F. judge
• Napa Vintners Release Findings of Climate Study
• CALIFORNIA: Going backwards to move forwards

PUBLIC COMPANIES AND INVESTING IN WINE

• LVMH Analysts Say Buy Shares on Cheap in Run-Up to Earnings
• LVMH Chief Arnault Says Hermes Stake Isn’t ‘Passive’ …
• Fortune Brands Q4 Profit Jumps
• Bulls taking Control – Brown-Forman?

POLITICS, TAXES & DIRECT SHIPPING

• MD: Senator says wine shipping coming to state

AROUND THE STATES

• WA: Woodinville co-op specializes in distribution and marketing for small wineries
• KS: Battle of booze shaping up in Topeka
• KY: Grocers’ group sues state seeking right to sell wine, spirits
• OR: Wine Market Stabilizing
• MN: Bill aims to OK bottle sales at wine fests
• TX: Alcohol sales to be on ballot
• PA: wine and spirits stores cut inventory
• OK: Vineyards/wineries start non-profit organization
• VA: Tax break for wineries advances
• IL: Local winery founder dies
• NC Gains Prominence In World Of Wine

EUROPE

• Sylvie Cazes appointed director of Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
• Seduced by Burgundy’s 2009 Vintage

THE UK

• WSTA urges Treasury to halt alcohol tax escalator
• Fine wine up 3.8% in January

DOWN UNDER – ALL OZ TODAY

• Growers fear disease from abandoned vineyards
• Sinking the gumboot into harvest
• Riverina growers to hold crisis meeting
• ‘It’s just too hard’: Yasi leaves farmers reeling

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM

• Wine, Food brands race for Chinese trademarks
• Japan: 2009 brought a return to growth in wine consumption
• Asia Pacific Consumers Spend, but Seek Value
• China’s Fake Ice Wine Epidemic

SOUTH AFRICA

• Cape wine producer ditches screwcaps in favour of cork

ONLINE, TECH & SOCIAL NETWORKING

• Study: For Retail, Social Media Doesn’t Work
• Nielsen: Apple iAds More Effective Than TV Ads
• Tough Love Comes to E-mail and Social Marketing

LIGHTER & LESS “TRADE-ONLY”

• Leaving Wall Street for the Wine Cellar
• Germans, Paris Hilton & Wine-in-a can
• Why Wine Lovers Will Flock to the New Sonoma Diet
• Needed: Transparency In Wine Competitions